Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED. STATES IIPI/uirnv'r OFFICE".

Y WILLIAM SIAS, OF WEST GLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN `WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 219,534, dated September 9, 1879; application led April 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern f Beitlrnown that I, WILLIAM SIAS, of West Claremont, in the county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

In" the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line x a' of Fig. 1, of my improved machine. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the rubber.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in a general combination and arrangement of the parts, all of which will be particularly described in connection with the drawings.

In the drawings, A is au oblong tub of suitable size, set upon a frame, B, at a height for convenient operation of the machine.

Near the bot-tom of tub A is fitted a washboard, that consists of side bars, a, and crossbais b, the latter being set a short distance apart and formed with rounded upper edges. Upon frame B, at the opposite side of tub A, are standards c c, that carry a rock-shaft, d,

and projecting horizontally .from shaft d is a hand-lever, e, by which the Shaft is to be operated.

From the under side of shaft d arms ff depend, and to the arms fthe rubber g is connected by pivoted links h h. s

The rubber'g (shown separately in Fig. 3) consists of' a dat piece of wood formed at one edge with slotted lugs for attachment of links h by means of a cross-pin, t', and titted at its under side with numerous projecting fingers k. Attached upon the upper side of the rubber gis a slotted standard, l, and a second standard, m, that is formed with an aperture in line with the slot in standard Z.

From a central hanger, n, ot' shaft d a pivoted hand-lever, o, extends horizontally through the standards lm, and is prevented from rising in standard l by a pin, lf, which can be removed for disconnecting the parts.

The machine is used as next described.

The clothes will be placed on the bars b and a suitable amount of waterput in the tub. By raising the levers e and o, the rubber g is lifted from the tub to permit the placing of the clothes. The rubber is then let down, and the clothes will be held between the fingers 7a and the bars b, and the operation oi lever c up and down Will cause a reciprocation ofthe rubber and a rubbing action on the clothes. More or less pressure can be applied Aby means of lever o. The action will be similar to handwashing, and the bars b being raised above the bottom of the tub the dirt settles at the bottom, and will not 'be rubbed again in the clothes after being washed out.

The tub A is narrower than the frame B, and the lever e is connected to shaft d outside ofthe tub, so as to give more room'foroperation of the lever, and by lowering lever e to rest upon the cross-bars ofthe frame the rub ber g will then be moved to the back Verlgltof the tub, so as to give access to the Wash-board and the clothes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentf- The rubber g, links h, arms f, rock-shaft d, and lever e, in combination with the slotted standards l m, pin l', hanger n, and lever o, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM SlAS.

Witnesses:

SAML. G. J ARvIs, WILLIAM HENRY Sins. 

